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About the Director

Lori Gerard is an active freelance percussionist in the Dallas/Fort Worth area. She has performed at several leading national jazz festivals and was an MTNA National Concerto Competition Finalist. As a member of the multi-faceted Robert Hohner Percussion Ensemble, she has recorded for the Sony/DMP label.

Ms. Gerard holds a bachelor's degree in music from Central Michigan University and a master of music in percussion performance from Southern Methodist University. Currently, she is pursuing her PhD in humanities at UT Dallas, where her work focuses on continuities between literature, music and culture in nineteenth-century central Europe.